Lost Yesterday [Paperback]

Jenny Lykins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1997

Refusing to love again after losing every man she has ever cared for, museum worker Marin Alexander is transported back to 1876, where she tries to adjust to a new life and falls for Hunter Pierce.

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Review

As a newcomer to the romance scene, Jenny Lykins opens with a dramatic time travel set in beautiful Memphis, Tennessee. Her compelling look at time travel begins in 1996 with a lovely Marin Alexander beginning a new job as curator of an elegant old house that just happens to be haunted by the ghost of the one of the previous owners. When Marin first sees the ghost of Hunter Pierce, she senses there is something different about him. When she wakes up after wrecking her car to find herself in his arms, she thinks she's crazy. Crossing 120 years into the past, she finds she is not Marin Alexander any more, but Mari Sanders. She is not in her time. She is not in her life. She is not in her body. Hunter, in the meantime, is finding himself beset by females. First, his mother moves back in after being absent from his life for fifteen years. Then this young woman he has hired as his social secretary and his mother's companion suffers a terrible carriage accident, obviously causing some type of mental problem. She thinks she's from the future. Days later, he finds himself raising a daughter he didn't know he had. It just seems that females are flocking by herds into his once quiet home. But poor Hunter finds himself falling in love with Marin, something he had never dreamed would happen to him. If only she would stop insisting that she comes from the future...which is something that he cannot accept. He is filled with doubts when he thinks of her with another man, one she said she loved. It hurts, so he blocks out the love that he knows exists within her. Marin's dreams are filled with visions of Hunter's young ghost -- would he die young? Could she bear his loss? She sees herself in a hospital bed, the vision of her first husband beckoning to her to join him. She hears the beep of the heart monitor. Then she is back in Hunter's time, Hunter's world -- living and loving a new family, a new man. This is a love story that comes down to trust in the future. Marin and Hunter must face the time-honored fact that love knows no boundaries. Releasing the future is Marin's fear. Facing the future is Hunter's demon. Love must provide them the passage way to live their futures together.My hat is off to Jenny Lykin for her first effort! Beautifully done and compelling! A time travel romance to drift off with, but you won't be able to sleep until you're finished! Unique look at time travel. Very different and refreshing. And such attention to detail!Karen Ellington -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Jove (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515120138
• ISBN-13: 978-0515120134
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #554,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New, refreshing, up to date approach to time-travel romance, September 28, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Yesterday (Paperback)

Instead of the same old story, told with the same old twist. Jenny adds a whole new dimenson to
the idea of time-travel. I liked the way she used
real human emotions. The ending was a totally new angle and pulled the whole book together.
When you finished you felt she had told the whole story without leaving anything outl.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Possibly realistic, September 12, 2009

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This review is from: Lost Yesterday (Paperback)

I like time travel books that could possibly take place. She had an almost fatal accident, finding herself in a different era; however, her body was still in the present in a coma. From time to time, she actually could feel herself being drawn back to the present with the beeping of hospital machines keeping her alive. She had to make a decision where she would spend the remainder of her life, if at all. I would like to read other books by this author.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book!, May 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Yesterday (Paperback)

I couldn't put this one down, fans of time-travel will love it!! Jenny Lykins is a talented author worth reading and has quickly become one of my favorite authors. "Lost Yesterday" is a wonderful, witty, and romantic story. The characters, Marin and Hunter, will find a place in your heart.